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Autism and epilepsy: A population-based nationwide cohort study.
Neurology - 12 Jul 2016
Sundelin Heléne E K, Larsson Henrik, Lichtenstein Paul, Almqvist Catarina, Hultman Christina M, Tomson Torbjörn, Ludvigsson Jonas F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in individuals with epilepsy and in their first-degree relatives to determine shared etiology. METHODS: Through the Swedish Patient Register, we identified 85,201 individuals with epilepsy, as well as all their siblings (n = 80,511) and offspring (n = 98,534). Each individual with epilepsy was compared with 5 controls, matched for age, sex,...
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